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Post by penny on Aug 25, 2009 21:40:36 GMT
Gods Final Witness by Ronald Weinland .. Its about the end of the world as we know it ... I started reading it ages ago ... but ended up on Happy pills ... I am OK now so i thought i would pick it up again .. We're DOOMED I tell ye ..... DOOMED Didn't happen tho did it ?(The end of the world in 2008)Now if you really want to be scared sh1tless try 'The Revenge of Gaia' by James Lovelock. This is a book by a real scientist predicting the end of the world as we know it and claiming that we may be too late to prevent the Earth from slipping into a new hot state - he notes dryly that we're like tourists on a pleasure boat above Niagara Falls not realising that the engines are about to fail. Sweet dreams ! Thanks for cheering us up before bedtime, Pete!
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Post by peterbarrow on Aug 25, 2009 22:52:29 GMT
Didn't happen tho did it ?(The end of the world in 2008)Now if you really want to be scared sh1tless try 'The Revenge of Gaia' by James Lovelock. This is a book by a real scientist predicting the end of the world as we know it and claiming that we may be too late to prevent the Earth from slipping into a new hot state - he notes dryly that we're like tourists on a pleasure boat above Niagara Falls not realising that the engines are about to fail. Sweet dreams ! Thanks for cheering us up before bedtime, Pete! You're welcome Lady P - I'll give you a Karma while there's still time !
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Post by penny on Aug 25, 2009 23:16:29 GMT
Cheers Pete, have one yourself.
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Post by craigiedee on Aug 26, 2009 13:53:33 GMT
Well Pete .... the end starts (started) at the end of 2008 ... with the start of the collapse of the financial system .. ( give or take 6 months ) .. followed by a great war of religions ( not much the PC polis will be able to do about it !! ) .. surprise surprise !! The world ends in 2012 ... according to the book ...
But ,, next Summer should be a gud un ....
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Post by huntvambo on Aug 26, 2009 15:33:03 GMT
Well Pete .... the end starts (started) at the end of 2008 ... with the start of the collapse of the financial system .. ( give or take 6 months ) .. followed by a great war of religions ( not much the PC polis will be able to do about it !! ) .. surprise surprise !! The world ends in 2012 ... according to the book ... But ,, next Summer should be a gud un .... According to the Mayan calender the world will end in December 2012
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Post by C.Cat on Aug 27, 2009 20:13:07 GMT
I'm now reading Wicked by Gregory Maguire and the Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
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Post by platterpete on Aug 28, 2009 12:26:12 GMT
Paulo Hewitt's Paul Weller biography
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Post by Ginnie on Aug 29, 2009 17:21:55 GMT
Just got back from the library with:
A Universal History of the Destruction of Books From Ancient Sumer to Modern Iraq
Rocket Men
NASA and the Exploration of Space
Was just reading:
The Rolling Stone Magazine Archives: The Neil Young Files
Also, The Physics of Tao (which I gave up on, no matter how physics is expressed it goes over my head)
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Post by trench on Aug 29, 2009 17:35:44 GMT
Just got back from the library with: A Universal History of the Destruction of Books From Ancient Sumer to Modern Iraq
Rocket Men
NASA and the Exploration of SpaceWas just reading: The Rolling Stone Magazine Archives: The Neil Young FilesAlso, The Physics of Tao (which I gave up on, no matter how physics is expressed it goes over my head) Nothing like a little light reading,eh Ginnie ;D
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Post by Ginnie on Aug 30, 2009 4:11:22 GMT
Just got back from the library with: A Universal History of the Destruction of Books From Ancient Sumer to Modern Iraq
Rocket Men
NASA and the Exploration of SpaceWas just reading: The Rolling Stone Magazine Archives: The Neil Young FilesAlso, The Physics of Tao (which I gave up on, no matter how physics is expressed it goes over my head) Nothing like a little light reading,eh Ginnie ;D You said it! The only problem is that I forget most of what I read very quickly - some memory retention thing going on there. If I could remember everything I read I could even outsmart myself... ;D Reading about history, art or music is indeed light reading for me. Reading about science, religion or philosophy not necessarily so...
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Post by bluesrider on Sept 1, 2009 17:58:08 GMT
The Atlantis code Charles Brokaw only 15 pages in and already someones been tortured by thugs in the pay of the vatican eye gouged out,fingers cut off,scrottie bag removed and then throat cut. No recipes yet!!
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Post by sergeantfury on Sept 1, 2009 18:02:34 GMT
Judging by what some of you guys are reading & the cheery messages we get as a result maybe we should....................STOP READING
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Post by C.Cat on Sept 3, 2009 19:48:11 GMT
Timescoop by John Brunner
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Post by twid123 on Sept 3, 2009 20:48:24 GMT
The Jewel that was ours: Colin Dexter (re-reading actually)
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Post by bluesrider on Sept 3, 2009 21:08:56 GMT
The Atlantis code Charles Brokaw only 15 pages in and already someones been tortured by thugs in the pay of the vatican eye gouged out,fingers cut off,scrottie bag removed and then throat cut. No recipes yet!! Upto page 65 and some russian tarts about to get what for still no recipes I'll give a few more pages
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Post by trench on Sept 3, 2009 21:27:17 GMT
The Atlantis code Charles Brokaw only 15 pages in and already someones been tortured by thugs in the pay of the vatican eye gouged out,fingers cut off,scrottie bag removed and then throat cut. No recipes yet!! Upto page 65 and some russian tarts about to get what for still no recipes I'll give a few more pages Surely a Russian tart is some kind of Eastern European cake ;D
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Post by peterbarrow on Sept 3, 2009 22:39:56 GMT
Thinks by David Lodge Thought I'd take a break from the Gaia/science stuff and read a relaxing novel.
Bloody hell !
I forgot that he's also an academic. There's characters talking about self/ consciousness/philosophy/ A I and a lapsed Catholic writer being pursued by a lecherous head of department, while students are being asked to write essays about being a vampire bat and other obscure things in the style of famous authors(the book's set on a university campus).
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Post by penny on Sept 3, 2009 22:53:57 GMT
Thinks by David Lodge Thought I'd take a break from the Gaia/science stuff and read a relaxing novel. Bloody hell ! I forgot that he's also an academic. There's characters talking about self/ consciousness/philosophy/ A I and a lapsed Catholic writer being pursued by a lecherous head of department, while students are being asked to write essays about being a vampire bat and other obscure things in the style of famous authors(the book's set on a university campus). You really like your complicated books don't you Pete! ;D I think I will stick with Enid Blyton, myself.
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Post by victor55 on Sept 3, 2009 23:03:23 GMT
Upto page 65 and some russian tarts about to get what for still no recipes I'll give a few more pages Surely a Russian tart is some kind of Eastern European cake ;D[/color] I know what a Mackem Tart is.......................
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Post by peterbarrow on Sept 3, 2009 23:33:20 GMT
Thinks by David Lodge Thought I'd take a break from the Gaia/science stuff and read a relaxing novel. Bloody hell ! I forgot that he's also an academic. There's characters talking about self/ consciousness/philosophy/ A I and a lapsed Catholic writer being pursued by a lecherous head of department, while students are being asked to write essays about being a vampire bat and other obscure things in the style of famous authors(the book's set on a university campus). You really like your complicated books don't you Pete! ;D I think I will stick with Enid Blyton, myself. Think I'll need a blue pill AND a red one after this !
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Post by C.Cat on Sept 15, 2009 15:36:41 GMT
The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
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Post by peterbarrow on Sept 15, 2009 17:16:01 GMT
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Post by trench on Sept 20, 2009 9:42:55 GMT
Just starting this literary classic,i actually feature in chapter 2, under an alias obviously. Still good to be in print
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Post by C.Cat on Sept 22, 2009 15:15:16 GMT
Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
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Post by bluesrider on Sept 29, 2009 17:13:43 GMT
Just started Dan Browns Lost Symbol.I read the other books before the films came out and now all I can see when Im reading is Tom Hanks ugly whining mush.Oh yeah hard back edition £7 at tesco's
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